Fastener for boxes.



N. O. KENNIKER.

FASTENER FOR BOXES.

APPLICATION man FEB. 17. 1916.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICFJ.

NICHOLAS O. KENNIKER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SSIGNOR T0 DURABLE BOX 00., OF CHICAGO. ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

FASTENER FOR BOXES.

Application filed February 17, 1916.

To all whomr't may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS O. KEN- NIKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of'Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for lloxes, of which the following is a description.

My invention particularly adapted for use in knock-down boxes and the like, where the side and end walls are detachably engaged one with the other in setting a box up, and which may be as readily detached from one another, in again knocking the box down for shipment or storage.

It has for its object an extremely simple and economical device for the purpose stated, possessing great strength, and resulting in unusual rigidity when the box is properly set up.

To this end my invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate like or corresponding parts,

Figure l is an edge view showing one form of my invention, particularly adapted for use on the fourth or last corner, in engaging the walls of a boxof the kind described;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a modification of the form shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a. plan view, showing one of the cooperating connecting members;

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the other cooperating member;

Fig. 5 is an edge view showing the form of my invention employed for the three corners of the box, and I Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one member of the form shown in Fig. 2.

In the drawings, 1 represents a metal member, preferably a rod or wire of suitable size and shape, peculiarly bent to form a connectingmember, as shown. Thus, the ex treme end, as 2 in the form shown, indicates the hook member angularly bent as at 3 to provide a section extending well back on a cleat 4 shown in dotted lines, and thence is bent at right angles to provide a section 5, which extends through both the cleat and the wall of the box, and well inside the box,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918. Serial No. 78,970.

and is thence clenched inside the wall, as at 6. The same construction is employed where the member is permanently connected to the wall, as shown in Fig. 5, in which 7 indicates the laterally bent section, which in this case is the loop member, substantially as shown in Fig. 3 bent as at 8 to providea straight run or extension 9, adapted to extend back upon the cleat part shown in dotted lines, thence bent to extend through above the cleat and the wall 12 of the box, and well inside the latter, where the end 13 is then clenched upon the inner wall of the box, as previously stated.

The two connecting members on three corners of the box may be permanently connected in position, as indicated in Fig. 5, where simply swinging the parts of the connected walls in the direction of a straight line, they maybe readily disconnected, that is, the hook 2 disconnected from the loop 7.

Obviously, either member may be the adjustable member of the fourth comer. As shown in the drawings, the loop member is the one which may be disconnected from the all of the box in order to properly connect the fourth corner.

As shown in Fig. 1, the extension 11 is shortened, so that it does not extend into the interior of the box, but when it is in place firmly locking the fourth corner of the box. Staples 1% may be driven over the legs of the hook, as indicated, to retain the same in place against accidental disengagement.

In the preferred construction, however, shown in Figs. 2 and 6, the extension 11 is lengthened and bent into a loop 15, which is preferably elongated and may readily be passed through the enlarged opening 16, through the cleat 10 and wall l2 for that 95 purpose. lVhen thus positioned a suitable bar or rod 17 passes vertically through the loops with the connecting members secured upon that edge of the wall 12, thus locking them against accidental disengagement. lVhen thus locked the free ends of the bar 17 may be slightly bent laterally, if desired, although in practice we have found it sufiicient if the lower end of the bar rests upon the bottom while the top of the boxprevents accidental disengagement of the bar.

It will thus be seen that my invention con sists in the mating members, as stated, which are wrapped about the corners of the box, and as far back upon the cleats as may be necessary to secure support. On three corners of the box the construction may be substantially as shown in Fig. 5, while on the fourth corner, after the three other corners have been connected and the bottom and top properly positioned, the walls may be brought together, one of said members being permanently connected to its supporting wall, and the other, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, for engaging the mating member, which is forced into the position there shown with a bar 17 placed inside the box, and firmly retaining said bar in position.

Having thus described my invention, it is obvious that various immaterial modifications may be made in the same without departingtrom the spirit oi my invention; hence I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact form, construction, arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described, and uses mentioned.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. Means for rigidly securing together in angular relation the corner portions of adjacent side sections of knock-down boxes, said means comprising a pair of mating members, each member adapted to be secured at one end to one of the adjoining side sections oi the box, and said members having portions at their opposite ends adapted to detachably inter-lock with each other, the inter-locking end portion of each member bcin formed to extend at an angle to the side section of the box to which it is connected, thence bent to provide a portion lying parallel to said side section, thence bent at right angles to extend through the side section ot the box to the interior thereof, and means at the inner ends of said members to engage the inner faces of the box sections to which the members are connected and prevent accidental withdrawal of the members therefrom.

2. Means for rigidly securing together in angular relation the corner portions or adjoining side sections of knock-down boxes, said means comprising a pair of mating members, each member being adapted to be secured at one end to one of the adjoining side sections of the box, and said members having portions at their opposite ends adapted to detachably inter-lock with each other, the inter-locking portion of each member being termed to extend atan angle to the section of the box to which it is connected, thence bent to provide a section lying parallel to said section, thence bent at right angles to extend through the section of the box to the interior thereof, the inner end of Ca ies of this patent ma be obtained for one of said members being of a length where by it may be bent down against the inner face or the section of the box to which it is connected, and means for detachably engaging the inner end of the other of said members to prevent accidental withdrawal thereof from engagement with the side section.

8. The combination with knock-down box structures, having corner portions of adjacent side sections notched together leaving adjacent end tace's of the sections exposed and separated from each other, of means for rigidly securing together'the notched corner portions of the box, said means comprising a pair of mating members each adapted to be secured at one end to one of the adjoining side sections of the box, and said members having portions at their opposite ends adapted to detachably inter-lock with each oth r, the inter-locking end portions of each member being formed to extend at an angle to the side section of the box to which it is connected and overlie the end face of said side section, thence bent to provide a portion lying parallel to said section, thence bent at right angles to extend through the side sec tion ot the box to the interior thereof, and means at the inner ends of each of said members adapted to engage the side sections'of the box and prevent accidental withdrawal of the members from engagement therewith.

i Means for rigidly securing together in angular relation the corner portions of adjoining side sections of knock-down boxes, said means comprising a pair of substantially U-shaped members constructed of wire, each member being adapted to be secured at its free ends to one of the adjoining side sections of the box, said members having portions at. their opposite ends adapted to detachably interlock with. each other, the interlocking end portions of each of said members being formed to extend at an angle to the side section of the box towhich' it is connected, thence bent to provide a portion lying parallel to said-section, thence bent at right angles to extend through said side section to the interior thereof, one of said members being formed at its inner end portions with eyes, and a retaining rod adapted to engage the eyes of said last mentioned member and to prevent the accidental withdrawal of the inner ends of said member from on ement with the side section of the box.

' In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

' NICHOLAS O. KENNIKER.

"Witnesses: t Join: W. HILL,

CrianLns 1. Conn.

ve' cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents,

Washington, 1'). C. 

